难于启齿 — “To find it difficult to speak out”
难于启齿 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to find it difficult to speak out”. To be hard to express. Literally, “hard to open one's mouth”.
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难于启齿 Pronunciation and Pinyin
难于启齿 Character Breakdown
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他因为感到非常羞愧，所以关于那件事，一直难于启齿。
He felt so ashamed that he always found it hard to speak about that matter.
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- nán难shàng上jiā加nán难difficulty upon difficulty
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- nán难hū乎wéi为jì继Difficult to sustain or carry on
- nán难hū乎qí其nán难extremely difficult
- nán难yú于shàng上tiān天harder than ascending to heaven
- nán难yú于shàng上qīng青tiān天harder than reaching the sky
- nán难yǐ以wéi为qíng情too embarrassed to refuse
- nán难yǐ以wéi为jì继hard to sustain
- nán难yǐ以zhì置xìn信hard to believe
- nán难yǐ以nì逆liào料difficult to foresee
- nán难yǐ以yù预liào料hard to foresee
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What does 难于启齿 mean?
难于启齿 (nán yú qǐ chǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to find it difficult to speak out”.
How do you pronounce 难于启齿?
难于启齿 is pronounced nán yú qǐ chǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 难于启齿 literally mean?
Literally, 难于启齿 means “hard to open one's mouth”. It is used to mean “to find it difficult to speak out”.
What is the Chinese definition of 难于启齿?
启齿：开口。话很难说出口